Translation and validation of the Chinese version of the Friedman life balance scale among nursing students: A psychometric analysis.

Aim: To conduct a Chinese translation and validation of the Friedman Life Balance Scale (FLBS).

Background: Prevalence of mental disorders is high among nursing students. Life balance is important for nursing students, which may help them increase efficiency in their studies and develop physical and psychological health.

wolfPAC: building a high-performance distributed computing network for phylogenetic analysis using 'obsolete' computational resources.

wolfPAC is an AppleScript-based software package that facilitates the use of numerous, remotely located Macintosh computers to perform computationally-intensive phylogenetic analyses using the popular application PAUP* (Phylogenetic Analysis Using Parsimony). It has been designed to utilise readily available, inexpensive processors and to encourage sharing of computational resources within the worldwide phylogenetics community.

Strength-based assessment of African-American adolescents with behavioral disorders.

The study examined consistencies and differences between 60 parents and their adolescent children with behavioral problems when rating the adolescents' strengths. The parents and teenagers agreed on most of the strength categories of the Behavior and Emotional Rating Scale. However, caretakers rated the adolescents as more involved in family life, while the adolescents rated themselves as more involved in school activities.